The way the dinosaurs relinquished their long dominance is well known. An asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ...

Fossilized droppings from the Triassic and Jurassic are revealing the diets of some dinosaurs—including a surprising taste ...

A study of fossilised faeces and vomit has revealed how dinosaurs came to rule the earth. While the way the dinosaurs ...

Well-preserved remains found in Germany in 2015 have now been identified as a new pterosaur species, solving a 200-year-old mystery.

Snakes were not always slithering creatures. Scientists have discovered that snakes descended from lizards with legs. Over ...

The new species would have resembled the iconic "sandworms" from the science fiction franchise "Dune", one researcher said.

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.

During the Jurassic period, sharp-toothed flying reptiles with the wingspan of a modern golden eagle soared through the skies ...

Staff at a Hawaii store discovered a two-foot snake inside a shipping container of Christmas trees. The snake was captured ...

Pterosaurs, cousins of the dinosaurs, were the first of three vertebrate groups to achieve powered flight, followed by birds ...